DEMARCHE REQUEST: MONITORS FOR BOLIVIAN ELECTIONS

UNCLAS OTTAWA 003579 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: BO PGOV PREL SUBJECT: DEMARCHE REQUEST: MONITORS FOR BOLIVIAN ELECTIONS REF: SECSTATE 214591 (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Harold Hickman, FAC Deputy Director for the South America November 29. Prior to delivery of demarche he shared the points with Bolivian Ambassador Carlos Carrasco, but the Bolivian mission declined to accompany. Hickman said that with its efforts in Iraq, Haiti, and now its own election Canada would not be able to participate in observer missions in Bolivia but has contributed funding to the mission through the OAS. Visit Canada's Classified Web Site at http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/wha/ottawa WILKINS